Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 333, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2017, 6:59 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wilcox County, Georgia. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pulaski County, GA, Wilcox County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Finleyson, GA | TREE DOWN ON HWY 257 AND FOLDS RD NW OF PINEVIEW |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
791
WUUS52 KFFC 212259
SVRFFC
GAC235-315-212330-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0333.170921T2259Z-170921T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
659 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Pulaski County in central Georgia...
Northwestern Wilcox County in central Georgia...
* Until 730 PM EDT
* At 658 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ocmulgee
Banks, or 9 miles southeast of Hawkinsville, moving west at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Hawkinsville, Pineview, Wallace, Cedar Creek, Ocmulgee Banks and
Finleyson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has
passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free
at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.
&&
LAT...LON 3210 8357 3226 8355 3227 8335 3225 8337
3218 8329 3215 8332 3213 8331 3211 8334
3210 8332 3209 8332 3209 8331 3208 8330
3207 8331 3202 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 078DEG 7KT 3217 8337
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
141
WWUS52 KFFC 212328
SVSFFC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
728 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
GAC235-315-212338-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0333.000000T0000Z-170921T2330Z/
Pulaski GA-Wilcox GA-
728 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PULASKI AND
NORTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty winds
and frequent lightning are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3210 8357 3226 8355 3227 8335 3225 8337
3218 8329 3215 8332 3213 8331 3211 8334
3210 8332 3209 8332 3209 8331 3208 8330
3207 8331 3202 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 078DEG 7KT 3216 8343
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Banks | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 37 min |
| Sep 21, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dodge | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Dawson | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Johnson | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Pulaski | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | Wilkinson | 24 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.